After this, Joseph of Arimathea — a disciple of Jesus, though a secret one, for fear of the Jews — asked Pilate to let him take away the body of Jesus. Pilate gave permission. So he came and took the body away.
In context
36These things happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of his bones will be broken.” 37And again another Scripture says, “They will look on the one they pierced.” 38After this, Joseph of Arimathea — a disciple of Jesus, though a secret one, for fear of the Jews — asked Pilate to let him take away the body of Jesus. Pilate gave permission. So he came and took the body away. 39Nicodemus, the man who had first come to Jesus by night, came too, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes weighing about a hundred pounds. 40They took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in linen cloths with the spices, according to the Jewish custom of burial.
